Acts 8:14

Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John,

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:

In Context

13Then Simon himself also believed; and having been baptized, he was continuing with Philip, and observing miracles and signs occurring, he was astounded. 1 Simon's Sin

15who, coming down, prayed concerning them in order that they might receive the Holy Spirit.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:23But the seed sown on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold some sixty, some thirty.” 1 The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares

John 12:48He that rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—the word which I spoke, that word will judge him in the last day.

Acts 3:1Now Peter and John were going up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, which was the ninth hour.

Acts 11:1Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.

Acts 15:4And having come to Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders; and they declared all that God had done with them.

Galatians 2:9and when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace which was given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised;

Matthew Henry on Acts 8:5-14

The Spreading of the Gospel; Philip's Success. 4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. 5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. 6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. 7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed. 8 And there was great joy in… Read the whole commentary →

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